View full sizeDania Maxwell/The OregonianU.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader says stalker followed him to public events and sent more than 800 emails.

U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader obtained a stalking order Tuesday to force a Newport radio station owner to stay away from him and stop hounding him with emails and phone calls.

Cheryl McAnally Harle believes that she and Schrader have a "romantic relationship," Schrader said in a Clackamas County Circuit Court filing. "She is completely obsessed with this idea despite being told that there is no relationship between us."

Neither Harle nor Schrader appeared before Circuit Judge Katherine E. Weber. Schrader was represented by an attorney. Two officers with the Capitol Police attended the short hearing but did not testify.

Schrader said he is worried about his safety and that of his son. He said Harle, 68, pretended to be his campaign manager in an attempt to determine his whereabouts. She also followed him during a visit to his district, which takes in part of the Willamette Valley and the Oregon coast, including Newport, according to the filing.

"I do not know what she will do next," Schrader said in the court filing. "I'm worried that she may try to kidnap or harm me or my family."

From October through early February, Harle sent Schrader more than 800 Emails. She called his cell phone 235 times between October and May. She sent him 308 Facebook messages over four days in late April.

"Recently, she has become convinced that I have cancer and am dying. She said that if I die, she has no reason to live," Schrader said in an affidavit.

Harle did not respond messages left for her Tuesday at her Newport business. She owns and operates KCUP-AM and KPPT-FM.

Schrader was a guest on Harle's talk radio program a few times, said Paul Gage, Schrader's chief of staff. Beyond that, they had no social or professional contact, Gage said.

Harle was warned by the Capitol Police not to contact Schrader -- she was personally served with a cease-and-desist letter in February -- but continued her pursuit.

"These things happen to elected officials from time to time and we take steps to deal with it," Gage said.